# Louis XIV [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [COYSEVOX, Antoine]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Louis XIV, in his advanced years, had decided to erect a monument to his father, Louis XIII. It required a specific setting in the chancel of Notre-Dame in Paris, and it was Robert de Cotte who was assigned the task in 1708. The large ensemble of marble was set at the entrance, with two royal statues designed to appeal to emotions - Louis XIV was sculpted by Coysevox, while Louis XIII was handled with more sensitivity by Guillaume Coustou I. ## Related artworks - [Bust of Antoine Coypel]() - [Bust of Louis XV as a Child of Six]() - [Bust of Marie Serre]() - [Bust of the Grand Condé]() - [Bust of the Grand Condé]() - [Charles Le Brun]() - [Charles Le Brun]() - [Fame]() - [Funeral Monument of Mazarin \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument of Mazarin \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument of Mazarin]() - [King Louis XIV]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()